Archive for the 'Web Tools' Category

CHEMpendium – Chemical Hazard Information Metasearch Site

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Access all the chemical hazard information you need for your workplace and the environment in one convenient location.

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Databases in the collection include: CHEMINFO, CESARS, CHRIS, DSL/NDSL (Domestic Substance List, HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank), New Jersey Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets, NIOSH Pocket Guide, Transport TDG, Transport 49CFR.

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New Version of Federal R&D Project Summaries Available: Descriptions of Federally Funded Research Awards

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Federal R&D Project Summaries

Search across scientific databases of federal research and development project summaries. With a single query, discover what is happening in the Federal R&D community.
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JACS Beta

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

The testing ground for the Journal of the American Chemical Society website

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JACS Beta presents, encourages, and facilitates innovations and new approaches to the presentation of chemical and related research to further communication and understanding as emerging fields and disciplines blend at the interfaces of chemistry, biology, and beyond.
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WebCSD: Web Version of Cambridge Structural Database Available

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

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WebCSD, the new online portal to the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), is now available to Stanford students, faculty, and staff. Still a beta product, it enables users to access the CSD anywhere, any time, without installing any software. It has an intuitive interface for searching. New structures are added to CSD weekly for up-to-date searches.

Features of WebCSD include:
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Labmeeting — Cool Research Tool

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

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Labmeeting allows researchers in the natural sciences to:

  • Collect, organize, and search PDFs and bibliographic citations for journal articles
  • Share presentations, protocols, and data easily with their lab
  • Find out about new articles that are relevant to them
  • Tell their peers more about who they are and what they study

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More SciFinder Podcasts

Monday, November 10th, 2008

The SciFinder series of podcasts explores a vast array of current interest topics and new discoveries in the 21st century and shows how SciFinder can play a significant role in providing solutions for the advancement of science.

Watch New YouTube SciFinder Webisodes!

Monday, November 10th, 2008

CAS is pleased to announce that a SciFinder webisode based on its award winning research tool SciFinder can now be find on YouTube! The webisodes follow two students through the trials and tribulations of balancing school and social life.

“The Paper” — The first in a series of webisodes is now on YouTube

Stay tuned each week to find out what happens next to our two adventurous students.

Web version of SciFinder®: New Features and Improved Performance Coming Soon

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Web version of SciFinder®: New Features and Improved Performance Coming Soon (pdf)

Total Number of Simultaneous Users for SciFinder Increased to 11

Monday, November 10th, 2008

At the end of October, the total number of simultaneous users for SciFinder Scholar/SciFinder on the web increased from 8 to 11. Currently, 8 users can search the software or client version (SciFinder Scholar) at one time and 3 users can search the web version at one time. How many simultaneous users to allocate for each interface will be reviewed regularly and will be modified based on usage data, functionality, and performance.

SciFinder Scholar on Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)

Monday, November 10th, 2008

You can either download sfs2007a.dmg from the Stanford server or do a “quick fix” for the earlier Mac version of SFS2007.

The SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) software (sfs2007a.dmg), released in May 2008, is a re-coded version that will run on Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) without using Rosetta. This version of SciFinder Scholar 2007 is compatible with Intel and PowerPC processors and is also backward compatible with Mac OS 10.3 and 10.4.

Download SFS2007 for Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)

Information about applying a “quick fix” to pre-May 2008 version of SFS2007 for the Mac